Ukiyo-e wallpapers

Detail of Mannen Bridge, Fukagawa by Utagawa Hiroshige, Colour woodblock print, 1857
Part of the series One Hundred Famous Views From Edo



A few new 1680 x 1050 desktop backgrounds created from detail snaps of old japanese colour woodblock prints I found on wikimedia commons. They have loads of high resolution artwork in pretty good quality.
As blogger still doesn't support standard resolution images I put them all here. To download the ones you like click on an image thumbnail and then, in bigger lightbox view, on the downarrow icon above the image.

Detail of Asakusa ricefields and torinomachi festival by Utagawa Hiroshige, Colour woodblock print, 1857 - Part of the series One Hundred Famous Views From Edo

 same as above

Detail of The Plum Garden in Kameido by Utagawa Hiroshige, Colour woodblock print, 1857
Part of the series One Hundred Famous Views From Edo

 same as above

 Katsushika Hokusai, Hydrangea and Swallow

Miyamoto Musashi plunging his sword into a giant whale by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Snow at Tsukahara, Sado Island by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Details of Utagawa Kuniyoshi woodblock print, 1852

Detail of Landscapes and Beauties: Feeling Like Reading the Next Volume by Utagawa Kuniyoshi